Bradenton and Palmetto are considering more intense coastline development while Sarasota and Manatee counties struggle with flooding concerns.

It’s that time of the year again, Hurricane Season! Coming off of a tough 2024 season that had 18 named storms, 11 hurricanes and five of those reaching major status, the Tampa Bay community has been ...

In the aftermath of Tropical Storm Debbie, residents of Sarasota's Laurel Meadows neighborhood are slowly returning to their ...

TAMPA, Fla. — Marilyn Mendez Arnett lives in an area of Tampa currently considered a ‘non-flood zone’ by FEMA, but that could change as the federal agency reports flood maps are under ...

The inundations were unexpected because most of the properties were outside of the federal government’s officially designated flood zones. For years, experts have criticized the maps created by ...

In 2023, Harris County already knew the new maps would drastically increase how many homes and businesses fell within a likely flood zone. "The new 100-year will probably be close to the 500 ...

The City and Borough of Juneau released updated flood inundation maps on Thursday that show barriers ... website will allow residents in the flood zone to visualize their houses at different ...

what they usually mean is that a property is in an "X" flood zone. On flood maps a shaded X zone means there's between a 0.2 and 1 percent chance of flooding annually, while an unshaded X zone is ...

Modeling used to create the zones examined the area's fire history, vegetation, terrain, proximity to open space and other factors. Cal Fire officials compared the hazard maps to those of flood zones.